Swing Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Up tempo swing. 1/4 note = 200. Solo changes in 2nd trumpet. Difficult sax soli. No doubles.

Great up-tempo swing chart. Can be used as a concert opener or closer. Written for Bill Holman. Extensive ensemble writing. Solos for Trpt, Alto & short Drum solo.

Very up tempo swing [ 1/4 note=300 approx.] in that great Florence style. Changes are based on How Deep is the Ocean. Solo space for Alto sax & trpt. Lots of ensemble writing. No dbls. Recorded by Bob...

Medium swing chart. Solo space for piano. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Funupsmanship.

Swinger featuring some of the finest ens writing for big band. Some sax dbls.

Based on a 3/4 feeling in various tempos and style. Up tempo 3/4 swinger. Lower instruments have the melody. Some sax dbls. Part one of One, Two, Three.

Swinger featuring the melody from the 'two' baritone sax parts. Some sax dbls.

Straight ahead medium swing featuring both tenor saxes. No doubles.

A waltz. Baritone solo melody and flugelhorn solo. Very gentle for most of the way through. Quarter note = 72 (swing 8th notes). Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on MAMA...

MM: quarter note = 88. A different treatment done slowly and quietly in a 3/4 swing feel. Solos are written out piano interludes and ad lib piano solo.

A bright blues with a bridge in a swing feel. The solos are by baritone (6) and trumpet. Lead trumpet to high Eb. Half note = 120. The piece is lonog but great for concerts. Recorded by Bob Florence &...

The old 1920's song done as a bright samba and fast swing (half note = 132). Solos are tenor and trumpet.No score.

A medium-fast, hard driving, swinging piece with lots of ensemble and solo space for Trumpet and Alto Sax. Piano intro followed by the whole ensemble leads to the Saxophone section stating the theme....

A rousing, humorous medium swing with solo space for Trombone. The arrangement starts out with two unaccompanied Baritone Saxes stating the theme later joined by the rest of the Sax section. Adding th...

Grammy nominated best instrumental composition for jazz ensemble. A complex piece of extended length. Lots of solo space for Soprano Sax, Trombone, Trumpet and Drums. Mixed meters of 3/2, 6/4, and 4/4...

This is one of Bob Florence's first well-known compositions. It has an 'old timey' dixie-ish vocabulary but definitely swings in a modern style. An easy conception, this chart has a very cool and play...

Straight ahead swinger. Saxes & Guitar state the theme, a soli for Tenors w/Trbns, & solo space w/backgrounds. Re-cap in new key leads to a roaring shout & tag ending. Dbls.

This original composition is based on the beautiful Michel LeGrand melody with a similar title. The piece can optionally start with piano solo alone (written out) stating the melody. The saxes drift i...

Med. up-tempo swinger inspired by Chuck Corea. Melody is stated by small ens before it's turned over the full band. Solo: Tenor, Trpt, Drums & opt'l Bone. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orc...

Three part suite ideal for featuring all of your soloists. Part l is swing ensemble, introducing each section. Part ll, a medium blues, varying backgrounds, ending in a drum solo. Part lll is a mirror...

Champagne and Flowers by Joe Riposo is another composition written over the changes of a standard jazz tune (The Days of Wine and Roses). Once again, this is so a student can learn standard tunes to p...

An unusual melody line w/unique modem changes puts out an exciting, joyful mood. Legato start, w/high w/w & mellow brass, it soon breaks into hard rock, and dbl. x swing. Dbls.

This exciting up-tempo free-swinging chart makes good use of a blend of Saxes, Flugelhorns, muted Trpts & Trbns. Solo section is modal. Solos: Tenor Sax, Trpt. No w/w Dbls. Recorded by the Kim Richmon...

Rapid moving 'straight 8th swing' spun out from a 4 note motif. Starts w/strong ostinato/fanfarish section/lengthy intro of angular unison lines reaching full melodic statement by Unison Trbns. Solo;...

This is straight down the middle basic jazz swing, at a comfortable middle tempo wailing groove (120). Lots of ensemble, shout choruses, loud and soft. Written in a basic Thad Jones style, the beginni...